The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:
struct foo {
int stuff;
struct boo array[];
};
By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:
"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
Also, the following issue shows up due to the flexible-array member
having incomplete type[4]:
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_start’:
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:54:46: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
54 | size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
| ^
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_next’:
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:102:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
102 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
| ^
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show’:
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:140:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
140 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
| ^
scripts/Makefile.build:266: recipe for target 'drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o' failed
make[3]: *** [drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o] Error 1
As mentioned above: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and
so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original
implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] As
in "sizeof(event_header->event) always evaluated to 0, so removing it
has no effect".
Lastly, make use of the struct_size() helper to deal with the
flexible array member and its host structure.
This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
[3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
[4] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/43
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Update changelog text.
- Make use of the struct_size() helper.
drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c | 12 +++++-------
include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
index e741b1157525..37a05800980c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ static void *tpm2_bios_measurements_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
int i;
event_header = addr;
- size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
- + event_header->event_size;
+ size = struct_size(event_header, event, event_header->event_size);
if (*pos == 0) {
if (addr + size < limit) {
@@ -98,8 +97,8 @@ static void *tpm2_bios_measurements_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v,
event_header = log->bios_event_log;
if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
- event_size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) -
- sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
+ event_size = struct_size(event_header, event,
+ event_header->event_size);
marker = event_header;
} else {
event = v;
@@ -136,9 +135,8 @@ static int tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
size_t size;
if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
- size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) -
- sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
-
+ size = struct_size(event_header, event,
+ event_header->event_size);
temp_ptr = event_header;
if (size > 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
index c253461b1c4e..4f8c90c93c29 100644
--- a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
+++ b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct tcg_pcr_event {
u32 event_type;
u8 digest[20];
u32 event_size;
- u8 event[0];
+ u8 event[];
} __packed;
struct tcg_event_field {
--
2.26.2
On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 11:38:26AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:
>
> struct foo {
> int stuff;
> struct boo array[];
> };
>
> By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
>
> Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> this change:
>
> "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
>
> sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
>
> Also, the following issue shows up due to the flexible-array member
> having incomplete type[4]:
>
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_start’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:54:46: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 54 | size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
> | ^
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_next’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:102:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 102 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> | ^
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:140:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 140 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> | ^
> scripts/Makefile.build:266: recipe for target 'drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o' failed
> make[3]: *** [drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o] Error 1
>
> As mentioned above: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and
> so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original
> implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] As
> in "sizeof(event_header->event) always evaluated to 0, so removing it
> has no effect".
>
> Lastly, make use of the struct_size() helper to deal with the
> flexible array member and its host structure.
>
> This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> [4] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/43
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
--
Kees Cook
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:24:10PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 11:38:26AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> > extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> > variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> > introduced in C99:
> >
> > struct foo {
> > int stuff;
> > struct boo array[];
> > };
> >
> > By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> > in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> > will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> > inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
> >
> > Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> > this change:
> >
> > "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> > may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> > zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
> >
> > sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> > members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> > which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> > zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> > some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> > help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
> >
> > Also, the following issue shows up due to the flexible-array member
> > having incomplete type[4]:
> >
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_start’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:54:46: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 54 | size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
> > | ^
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_next’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:102:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 102 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> > | ^
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:140:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 140 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> > | ^
> > scripts/Makefile.build:266: recipe for target 'drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o' failed
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o] Error 1
> >
> > As mentioned above: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and
> > so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original
> > implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] As
> > in "sizeof(event_header->event) always evaluated to 0, so removing it
> > has no effect".
> >
> > Lastly, make use of the struct_size() helper to deal with the
> > flexible array member and its host structure.
> >
> > This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
> >
> > [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> > [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> > [4] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/43
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
>
Thanks, Kees.
--
Gustavo
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 11:38 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:
>
> struct foo {
> int stuff;
> struct boo array[];
> };
>
> By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
>
> Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> this change:
>
> "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
>
> sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
>
> Also, the following issue shows up due to the flexible-array member
> having incomplete type[4]:
>
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_start’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:54:46: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 54 | size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
> | ^
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_next’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:102:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 102 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> | ^
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show’:
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:140:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> 140 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> | ^
> scripts/Makefile.build:266: recipe for target 'drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o' failed
> make[3]: *** [drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o] Error 1
>
> As mentioned above: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and
> so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original
> implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] As
> in "sizeof(event_header->event) always evaluated to 0, so removing it
> has no effect".
>
> Lastly, make use of the struct_size() helper to deal with the
> flexible array member and its host structure.
>
> This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> [4] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/43
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]>
/Jarkko
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Update changelog text.
> - Make use of the struct_size() helper.
>
> drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c | 12 +++++-------
> include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
> index e741b1157525..37a05800980c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
> @@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ static void *tpm2_bios_measurements_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
> int i;
>
> event_header = addr;
> - size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
> - + event_header->event_size;
> + size = struct_size(event_header, event, event_header->event_size);
>
> if (*pos == 0) {
> if (addr + size < limit) {
> @@ -98,8 +97,8 @@ static void *tpm2_bios_measurements_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v,
> event_header = log->bios_event_log;
>
> if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
> - event_size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) -
> - sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> + event_size = struct_size(event_header, event,
> + event_header->event_size);
> marker = event_header;
> } else {
> event = v;
> @@ -136,9 +135,8 @@ static int tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> size_t size;
>
> if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
> - size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) -
> - sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> -
> + size = struct_size(event_header, event,
> + event_header->event_size);
> temp_ptr = event_header;
>
> if (size > 0)
> diff --git a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
> index c253461b1c4e..4f8c90c93c29 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct tcg_pcr_event {
> u32 event_type;
> u8 digest[20];
> u32 event_size;
> - u8 event[0];
> + u8 event[];
> } __packed;
>
> struct tcg_event_field {
On Mon, 2020-05-11 at 22:24 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 11:38:26AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> > extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> > variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> > introduced in C99:
> >
> > struct foo {
> > int stuff;
> > struct boo array[];
> > };
> >
> > By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> > in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> > will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> > inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
> >
> > Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> > this change:
> >
> > "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> > may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> > zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
> >
> > sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> > members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> > which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> > zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> > some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> > help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
> >
> > Also, the following issue shows up due to the flexible-array member
> > having incomplete type[4]:
> >
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_start’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:54:46: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 54 | size = sizeof(struct tcg_pcr_event) - sizeof(event_header->event)
> > | ^
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_bios_measurements_next’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:102:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 102 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> > | ^
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c: In function ‘tpm2_binary_bios_measurements_show’:
> > drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c:140:10: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘u8[]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’}
> > 140 | sizeof(event_header->event) + event_header->event_size;
> > | ^
> > scripts/Makefile.build:266: recipe for target 'drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o' failed
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.o] Error 1
> >
> > As mentioned above: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and
> > so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original
> > implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] As
> > in "sizeof(event_header->event) always evaluated to 0, so removing it
> > has no effect".
> >
> > Lastly, make use of the struct_size() helper to deal with the
> > flexible array member and its host structure.
> >
> > This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
> >
> > [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> > [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> > [4] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/43
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Thank you.
I applied this patch, will include it to the next PR.
/Jarkko
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 03:08:58AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
>
> Thank you.
>
> I applied this patch, will include it to the next PR.
>
Awesome. :)
Thanks, Jarkko.
--
Gustavo
On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 19:23 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 03:08:58AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > I applied this patch, will include it to the next PR.
> >
>
> Awesome. :)
NP, sorry for the latencies!
Right now SGX is very near getting pulled. That might cause some
*temporary* latencies in my review queue during the phase of this
month and maybe early next month. After that things should return
to normal.
/Jarkko